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title: Taric accepted the command with joy: his martial fire was roused at… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Taric accepted the command with joy: his martial fire was roused at the idea of having such an army under his sole command, and such a country to overrun; and he secretly determined never to return unless victorious. Who acts: Taric, idea. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washingt
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto., sentence 19

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Taric accepted the command with joy: his martial fire was roused at the idea of having such an army under his sole command, and such a country to overrun; and he secretly determined never to return unless victorious.

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**Who acts:** Taric, idea · **What happens:** accept, rouse, have, overrun, determine, not return · **To what, where:** command, martial fire, idea, army, sole command · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Taric, idea), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg77685:11:19
# text = Taric accepted the command with joy: his martial fire was roused at the idea of having such an army under his sole command, and such a country to overrun; and he secretly determined never to return unless victorious.
1	Taric	Taric	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	martial	martial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	roused	rouse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
18	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	20	det:predet	_	_
19	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
21	under	under	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
23	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
27	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	29	det:predet	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	_	_
31	overrun	overrun	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
35	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
36	determined	determine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
37	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	39	advmod	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	xcomp	_	_
40	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	victorious	victorious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | past | Taric | the command |  |  |  | with joy | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme |
| 2 | **rouse** | past · passive |  | Taric's martial fire |  | the idea |  | such country *conj* | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **have** | gerund | the idea *not said here* | such army |  | Taric's sole command |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient |
| 4 | **overrun** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **determine** | past | Taric |  |  |  |  | secretly *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **not** **return** | to-infinitive | Taric *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unless victorious | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **fire** |  | Taric |  |  |  |  |  | nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent |
| 8 | **command** |  | Taric |  |  |  |  |  | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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**Text:** «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Project Gutenberg book 77685 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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